According to The Huffington Post, America spends about $600 million a year on helping some 27 million women and couples around the globe with reproductive health programs. Although some proponents argue that American money shouldn't be used to fund abortions overseas, the site clarifies that it doesn't. The Helms Amendment has prevented U.S. funding for overseas abortions since 1973.

Women took to social media to share their dismay:

Reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule will deny lifesaving health care to countless women & girls around the world. This is shameful!

Critics worry that such a ban could prove deadly for women, who otherwise may resort to dangerous abortions. The World Health Organization reports that more than 21 million women a year in developing countries have unsafe abortions, leading to 13 percent of maternal deaths.